Senior Support Engineer

Summary
Join Reddit's Corporate Technology team as a Senior Support Engineer, Operations & Support (SOS), supporting the Central and West US regions and some Asia Pacific regions. This role, based in San Francisco with at least 4 days a week on-site requirement, involves providing hands-on technical leadership, assisting customers via various channels, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. You will build and maintain support documentation, administer queues, and act as a final escalation point for critical issues. The ideal candidate possesses exceptional Mac troubleshooting skills, strong problem-solving abilities, and a passion for customer service. You will mentor junior staff and drive best practices. This position requires significant experience in end-user support and a commitment to teamwork.
Requirements
- 6-8 years experience in IT Operations or IT Support in a professional environment
- 2+ years of mentorship experience to junior team members
- Experience leading support ticket management and tracking
- Strong customer service, problem-solving and teamwork abilities
- Google Workspace for enterprise experience
- Knowledge of audio/video conferencing solutions and support
- Experience with Information Technology and Security best practices
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and customer service
- Experience communicating with vendors to manage expectations and relationships
- Ability to plan, drive, and support multiple, concurrent projects and initiatives
- Ability to participate in an on-call rotation that includes after hours and weekend support
Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot hardware and applications and provide technical support and problem-solving
- Provide timely resolution of problems and act as senior escalation point for team and customers to management
- Work cross-functionally and advocate for team across all functional groups and organization levels
- Support security standards (endpoint protection software, firewall, patching, multi-factor authentication, access)
- Maintain user accounts, passwords, data integrity, system access & security within policy
- Help manage relationships with local vendors, subcontractors and 3rd party providers
- Assist with inventory management to support operations
- Independently drive multiple end user operations projects and deliverables for the team
- Participate in evaluating, recruiting, hiring, and mentoring team members
- Work with management to set goals, and drive staff to achieve results
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting a companyβs IT with little or no oversight
- Experience with Identity Providers/SAML (Okta, OneLogin, Sailpoint, etc.)
- Previous experience in a rapidly growing startup environment
- Experience managing vendor relationships
- Experience with audio engineering principles and support
Benefits
- Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
- 401k Match
- Family Planning Support
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
- Flexible Vacation & Reddit Global Days off
- Generous paid Parental Leave
- Paid Volunteer time off